EditorWindow.Focus

Description

Moves keyboard focus to this EditorWindow.

See Also: focusedWindow.


Focus one window by pressing the button on other window.

// Simple Editor Window that when clicked focuses another window.
//
// Usage: Open both windows (Window 1 and Window 2) and just press the button
// to see how the focus changes

class Window1 extends EditorWindow {

    static var instance;

    @MenuItem("Example/Show Focus Usage/Window1")
    static function Init() {
        var window = EditorWindow.GetWindow(Window1);
    }

    function Window1() {
        instance = this;
    }
    
    function OnGUI() {
        if(GUILayout.Button("Focus the other window!")) {
            Window2.instance.Focus();
        }
    }
}

And on another file:

// Simple Editor Window that when clicked focuses another window.
//
// Usage: Open both windows (Window 1 and Window 2) and just press the button
// to see how the focus changes

class Window2 extends EditorWindow {
    
    static var instance;
    
    @MenuItem("Example/Show Focus Usage/Window2")
    static function Init() {
        var window = EditorWindow.GetWindow(Window2);
    }
    
    function Window2() {
        instance = this;
    }
    
    function OnGUI() {
        if(GUILayout.Button("Focus the other window!")) {
            Window1.instance.Focus();
        }
    }
}